Warranties

CONFUSED ABOUT WHEN AND IF YOU NEED TO MENTION A WARRANTY ON YOUR INVOICE? 

According to Belgian VAT law, some minimum requirements should be mentioned on your invoice such as company name, VAT number, address, description of the goods, date, etc. However Belgian law does not require warranties to be mentioned on an invoice. 

Aside from Belgian law, in certain situations, you should/might consider including a warranty in your invoice, but remember that this has contractual implications towards your client. Make sure that all warranties on your invoice are commitments you can live up to. In addition, you may want to ask your supplier to warrant the same on his invoice.

• Commercial reasons: your client might request you to include certain warranties in your invoice;
• Bourse membership: due to your bourse membership you might be obliged to include certain warranties in your invoice;
• Import/export requirements: when importing/exporting diamonds, it might be useful to include certain warranties in your invoice (more information below)

To help answer your questions, and for your convenience, we have created a guide that you can download from the menu at the bottom of this page, under "Documents".

Questions? Contact AWDC’s compliance helpdesk: 
trst@awdc.be or compliance@awdc.be